Work and study

The allowance is paid to employed and unemployed persons who have trouble finding work due to insufficient or outdated education or skills or who are at risk of losing their job.

The allowance is paid upon commencing vocational, professional higher education or Bachelor's studies in a state-commissioned study place.

Support for obtaining qualifications enables an employed person to have costs related to obtaining evidence of formal qualifications compensated. The costs are compensated after 1 May 2017 if you have  passed the examination in the three-year period prior to the exam and:

• you have completed respective labour market training arranged by the Unemployment Insurance Fund or
• you have completed the training, for which your employer has obtained a training grant from the Unemployment Insurance Fund..

Employers can apply for a training grant from the Unemployment Insurance Fund to

• recruit new employees and
• train employees upon changing circumstances.

The training grant can be granted to private firms (legal persons governed by private law), sole proprietors who operate as employers and local government authorities.